How has the free obstetric care policy impacted unmet obstetric need in a rural health district in guinea?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Delamou, Alexandre ^a,b,h   Dubourg, Dominique ^c   Beavogui, Abdoul Habib ^a   Delvaux, Thérèse ^h   Kolié, Jacques Seraphin ^d   Barry, Thierno Hamidou ^d   Camara, Bienvenu Salim ^a   Edginton, Mary ^e,f   Hinderaker, Sven ^g   De Brouwere, Vincent ^h  

^a Centre National de Formation Et de Recherche en Santé Rurale de Maferinyah   (Guinea)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c Direction générale opérationnelle des Pouvoirs locaux   (Belgium)

^d Hopital Prefectoral de Kissidougou   (Guinea)

^e INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^h INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FREE EMERGENCY OBSTETRIC CARE POLICY; GUINEA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MATERNAL DISEASE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MATERNAL WELFARE; NEWBORN DEATH; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT INDICATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PERINATAL DEATH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GUINEA; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PERINATAL DEATH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84934913813     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129162     Document Type: Article

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